Dave Bender, KOVR 13
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Dave Bender is a California native. He reports the weather, the segment "Save with Dave", and "The 12 Daves of Christmas," for CBS13.

Dave attended UC San Diego as well as Palomar College. He studied Meteorology and Broadcasting to prepare him for weather casting.

Dave is an Emmy Award-winning reporter and has also received numerous Emmy nominations, including two for Best Weathercaster. He has also appeared on network television several times.

Prior to his television career, Dave was an animal trainer for the San Diego Wild Animal Park. He worked with birds of prey, parrots and cats. He even appeared twice on Late Night with David Letterman with singing birds. These appearances sparked an interest in television and the rest, as they say, is history.